Michelle Eichenberg
I'm a travel agent which comes in handy as I want to travel the whole beautiful world. Les mer🇩🇪Göttingen
  • Museums and Wine

    30. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Today we went to see the Natural History museum. You can learn so many things there, but my interest was in the earth itself and how it came to be. I don't know where it comes from, but I'm so fascinated by the movement of the surface etc. But the dinosaurs and animals as well as the history of humans were interesting as well. Although it was kinda spooky to only see dead animals, especially after yesterday's time in the Tiergarten. Going to the next museum, we visited the Sigmund Freud museum, which was a huge disappointment. I don't care how they lived. I care about what they actually did, and this was nothing that the museum covered. Well, we had time for cake then. In the afternoon, we've attended a tour (again, audio guide) through the Winery of Schlumberger. The atmosphere was great, the actual wine tasting in the end not so much. You can drink it, but we like other wines better.Les mer

  • Schloss Schönbrunn and the Tiergarten

    29. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today we visited the huge Schloss Schönbrunn. We started with a train tour around the whole area of the palace. The tour takes 45 min! I'd really recommend going on that train as you not only learn a lot of facts going around, but you'll also be able to have a 10 min stroll around the Gloria, a building sitting on top of the hill. Therefore, you can not only have a stunning view over the whole palace and gardens - you can take pics of it as well. After we completed the round, we entered the palace and found ourselves yet again in a stream of audio guide following tourists. After an hour or so, we could finally leave the royal history behind and go out to explore the park. It is huge, and I'd recommend having the whole day only for that. However, we took off for the Tiergarten, the oldest and one of the largest zoos I've ever seen. It is so beautiful, I loved it. You really get the feeling, that the animals are treated well there. We spoke to one of the keepers about their deer, as we saw them trying to give one of them a break from the others. It was quite fascinating what we learned from them. You can spend the whole day here as well. There are so many things to do. But we were on a tight schedule so we decided to move on to the Desert House which has quite some interesting plants and animals hidden. As this was kind of the highlight-day, we figured we should really end the day on a high, so we decided to go eat at the Figlmüller - a well-deserved famous restaurant. But be aware: The fame costs money.Les mer

  • Belvedere, Danube Park & House of Music

    28. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Today we started with some culture again, going to the Schloss Belvedere. The parks and the flowers in it are quite lovely even in autumn time. In the Lower Belvedere with spent again some time on art, but this time it was very pleasant and I really enjoyed quite a lot of paintings.
    When we had enough of the royals for a day, we went to explore the Danube Park and its Tower. It is the highest building in Vienna (164m) where you can take a lift up to a nice 360° turning restaurant. The dessert was amazing and the view quite unique.
    After our tummies were filled, we split up again and Seb and I enjoyed an evening drive with the little train going around the Danube Park. Whenever the train passed children, the driver threw out some candy for them and they cheered in glee.
    For the night we spent time in the House of Music which was my favourite museum of the whole trip. It was very interactive and funny. Seb and I danced to the music we "diced" (yes, we rolled the dice to put parts of music together) and waltzed through the pavilion of Beethoven. It was the best night so far.
    Les mer

  • Royals, art and butterflies

    27. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We woke up early as today we were going to see the training of the Royal Lippizaner Horse School. Tbh, if you don't have a clue about horses, let it slide. I bored myself to death. Isn't worth the hassle. Afterwards we've entered the Sissi Museum which is right next to the Spanische Hofreitschule. Again: If you don't care about the royals, don't go. If you still want to go: Invest in an audio guide, otherwise you won't get to understand loads. After that we went to an Art Gallery where I found some nice paintings. As I'm not a big art-fan-in-a-museum-kind-of-sense it was still very draining. So I found myself pretty happy when we've got into the butterfly garden (which isn't included in the Vienna Pass, costs 6€) and I was surrounded by nature. All this culture leaves me pretty bored but when I can spend some time in the green and watch some cute little butterflies (one even landed on my hand), I'm OK with the world. It still wasn't its moneys worth though... But it brought me happiness for a moment.
    For the afternoon we split up into our couples and Seb and I went to the Welt museum which was quite a lot but cool!
    Les mer

  • Prater, Madame Taussaud and River Cruise

    26. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We started on the Prater where we went on the ferris wheel to get an overview of the city and the Prater. Jana, Dave and I went on a couple of roller-coasters whereas Seb waited and kept watch over our backpacks. He really dislikes roller-coasters. After that I spend some time on the couch with Sigmund Freud in the wax museum and complained about the high prices with low value behind. Honestly, if the entry wouldn't have been included in the Vienna Pass, I would have asked my money back. In the afternoon we got on the Danube River Cruise and saw a bunch of interesting architecture alongside the river. My personal highlight was the Glühwein on board.Les mer

  • Let's get going

    25. september 2022, Østerrike ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    I'm driving from Göttingen to Vienna with my boyfriend Seb, Jana and Dave.
    We've planned the complete week around a concert that one of our favourite singers Apache 207 would have on the 1st October.
    We're driving through the Czech Republic and arrive at the early evening. We load our luggage of in our very nice apartment and go on the quest of finding food. You'd think in a big city like Vienna, it should be very easy. But the only restaurant that was open and appealed to us, was a small kebab place where we could have a seat and ate some, very not-Austrian, pizza. We've strolled around the city center on our way back and got to see very weird but cute Teddy bears doing everything you'd possibly could imagine.
    Les mer

  • A Bangladesh dream

    12. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Eating at the only restaurant on the island, we got to have one waiter for the whole time. Or so we thought. The first few days, we had a very quiet, shy guy as a waiter who didn't talk more than necessary. But suddenly, we had another waiter. We immediately became friends, as his open and communicative character made it pretty easy. Mohammed is Bangladeshi and wants to earn enough money working on the Maldives, that he will be able to build himself and his mother a house plus opening his own restaurant back in Bangladesh. We loved talking to him during our meals and were nonplussed when he suddenly wasn't around any more. Someone has replaced him. And then, the first waiter came back and (as they all look very similar, especially when wearing masks) we mistook him for Mohammed and greeted him back dearly. How much we've missed his presence and how good it was he was alright again. But after his surprised response and quietness afterwards, Seb and I realized our mistake. We were laughing as much as blushing and asked the restaurant manager what has happened to Mohammed. We were told that he was just on his weekly trip to Malé, and he'd return tomorrow. Would we like to have him as a waiter again? YES! was our immediate answer, and so Mohammed was back the next day. From then on, we kept him on our table and only saw once in a while the disbelief of our first waiter across the room. Pretty awkward but funny. We are still writing Mohammed and wishing him all the best for his dream of his own restaurant.

    Song of the trip: Nothin' quite like it by Danger Twins
    Les mer

  • My first and last diving lesson

    11. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    As I mentioned before, Seb is a diver and obviously, I had to try it as well. As I have never had a lesson before, this was a first. I joined a group of "first-ies" and explained to the teacher that I experienced some problems when flying to the Maldives. I've never had issues with my ears before that, so I was quite concerned about it. The teacher said that I should try the diving anyway and see whether my ears would hurt when going underwater. So I put on all the gear, went through all the theory and did the first steps with these huge swim fins and the heavy backpack. Once in the water, I did all the training bits. And then it was time to test my ears: I put my ears underwater (approx. 30 cm) and they exploded with hurt. I pushed myself up and claimed to the teacher that I couldn't bare the hurt. So I had no choice but to exit the water, struggle back to the diving centre and put the dream to dive to a rest. I actually had even worse problems with my ears flying back home, so back in Germany I immediately made an appointment at the doctors. He examined me and found nothing. I reckon my hurt is just imagined... Such a shit show.Les mer

  • The dying coral reefs

    10. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    I've never snorkelled before. Embudu was my first chance to do it and I fell in love with it. It is so calming and interesting at once, you can really satisfy your curious mind with it. But it is also extremely infuriating. There are so many dead corals, so many white or grey parts in a once beautifully colourful part of the ocean. But with global warming all around, the corals are dying here as well. It is a real pity, and I'm upset that not everyone tries their best to reduce their own effect on global warming. It's so easy with a change of diet or being aware of plastic waste and its use. Anyway, I feel honoured that I was still able to see the dying beauty.Les mer

  • Our hermit crab

    9. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Walking around the island, we've found ourselves a hermit crab that became a friend of ours - for as long as the walk around the island took. I think, he was quite relieved when he could escape to the bushes and palm trees again. Not long after that, our first tropical storm awaited us, but for the sunset the sky cleared and we could enjoy it yet again.Les mer

  • Fishing sharks

    8. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Going on a boat trip today, we were ready to fish our dinner. Well, Sebs dinner as I am a vegetarian. But anyway, we drove out to the sea, put our fishing rods into the water and waited for the big catch. As we finally hooked something, we weren't so pleased after all. We had a nurse shark on the hook. We let them loose again, trying another time. As the other people on the boat reported to have caught the fifth nurse shark, Seb and I were pretty sure, that this was no coincidence. That must be their usual spot and this fishing trip only a tourist attraction. Pretty disappointing and honestly infuriating. Doesn't matter that we didn't pull the nurse sharks out the water, it must still hurt getting hooked! After all, I actually caught a little fish, but as it was too small to eat, they luckily threw it overboard again.Les mer

  • The islands' wildlife

    7. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    You never get bored on an island. You can always write things in the sand. Or watch the surrounding wildlife. There are so many iguanas right in front of you. We were just laying on our sun loungers (behind us our bungalow), and everywhere was the bustling life of reptiles and insects. At one time we were watching at least 25 min how an ant colony killed a wasp and dragged it away to their den. That was quite impressive. There was a wedding on the beach, so we walked around a bit more to enjoy yet another beautiful sunset. After dinner, we greeted our Monster crab again.Les mer

  • Monster crab

    6. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    On the first day, we met Ernst at our dinner table as there were no other tables free, so the management put us together. We were quite pleased with our table companion as he was able to share his experiences with this island, the Maldives and his other travelling trips. We became friends, and he told us to contact him, whenever we might be in Vienna to meet up with him again. Unfortunately, when we would be in Vienna in September later that year, he would be in Croatia, sailing. Nevertheless, we had a lovely time together until he left the island. After that, we had to eat our dessert alone. But we got a new friend, the Monster crab, that was as huge as Sebs shoes...Les mer

  • Little neighbours

    5. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    We met our neighbours, Jeannie and Markus, who were also German and diving fanatics. Seb had someone to dive with, and I had a good laugh at his sunburned back. Usually, I am the badly burned, as I have very light skin. However, someone forgot to put sunscreen on and someone didn't. We were having quite a nice chat, exchanging divers' stories, when we met new neighbours - little, cute, pink geckos. They would always be there when we were playing cards on our terrace drinking Gin Tonic and eat the mosquitos away.Les mer

  • Welcome to Paradise

    4. april 2022, Maldivene ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    I was honestly not really a fan of the idea to travel to the Maldives. Seb has been there before with his family and was happy to be able to go there again. He convinced me that it would be good, having a more chill holiday. I'm usually not the type for chilling when I'm travelling, but hey, you have to broaden your horizon, don't you? After flying 6 hours we had a transit time of 4 hours in Abu Dhabi. I've drunken the best hazelnut cocoa ever and was quite pleased but happy to enter our next plane. After another 4 hours, we've landed on Male, the main island of the Maldives. We waited for our transfer boat to Embudu (where our hotel would be) and were greeted by a couple of dolphins right away. Good start! We've arrived very early and so our bungalow wasn't ready yet, so we had to wait at the bar. We were so tired that both of us fell asleep during our two-hour wait and were woken up by the nice bar men and a coffee. After putting away our luggage, we immediately took off to explore our little island. After about 20 min we completed one trip around the island and stated that our bungalow was at the perfect spot. Not too far away from the restaurant or bar, having a private entrance to the beach and a roof of palm trees. Our first sunset was fantastic and our sundowner was enjoyed at the lovely atmospheric bar.Les mer

  • Leaving the Sun behind

    14. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The last day I asked the apartment owner how to best get to the Split airport. He right away offered me a ride to the airport, which was for me kind of a "I'm sorry you had to wait an hour on your arrival". Gratefully, I accepted that offer and so he drove me to the airport. There, I got the next bad news. Delay. Shit. My train ticket has been issued for about an hour later so that it would be almost impossible to get the right train. Shit. I researched the hell out of the Deutsche Bahn but I didn't want to spend 60€ and then still getting the already booked train. So, I boarded the airplane and switched my WIFI off. Two hours later, we landed back in Berlin and my booked train was gone. Amazing... Now the next train was 90€ and I was completely torn whether to book the ticket or not. My conscience overruled my risk-favouring part and I bought the ticket, entering the S-Bahn to the main station. In hindsight, that was rather dumb as riding a train without a ticket would have "just" costet me 60€.... Next time.
    At home, I opened the bag full of shells that I've collected at the two days on the Podstrana beach. It stunk like hell, but it looked rather nicely.

    Song of the trip: Coldest Water by Walking On Cars
    Les mer

  • Yet Another Beachday

    13. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    The next day I just sticked to the feeling of not wanting to do anything, so I again, walked to the beach, sneaked my way through the hotel and chilled there.
    I've heard from Ralf, telling my his daughter has born a healthy child and everthing was alright. So that was great.
    And as I now didn't have a big spender on my side, I had a very sad ice cream and Bosnian liquor dinner...
    Les mer

  • Alone

    12. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Next morning I didn't really know what to do with myself. I didn't have the nerve to research how to get into the city center of Split and as I looked it up how long it was for me to walk there, I decided I couldn't care less about a city. So, I researched what to do around Podstrana and found a Beach that I felt like going to.
    So I went off and saw that it actually was a private beach of the Le Méridien Lav there. Sneaky as I am, I just entered the hotel as if I was a guest there and nobody asked me anything, so that I could just go to the beach and enjoy my day there until sunset.
    Les mer

  • Sunbathing Shock

    11. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    The morning began with a rather lovely time at the Zastup Beach, as it was warm enough to swim and search for some shadows. We went swimming and for the first time since the beginning of knowing him, I had a weird feeling about Ralf. He grabbed me from behind and from the outside (and inside) it must have looked as if we were a couple. It felt super strange. However, I know that he didn't mean to creep me out by it, so it was fine and over soon anyway.
    When the sun became unbearably hot, we searched for protection by the shadows. Then, someone ringed Ralf and he talked rather feverishly with the other person. He hung up and said "My pregnant daughter is getting her child. Like now!" Okay... well and now what? "I gotta book a flight back home. Her husband is gone and I'm the only person being able to help her. Something is wrong with her and the baby." After processing this new information, we quickly packed our things. Ralf found a flight back for the late afternoon, so that we could take our planned ferry trip. He told me: "I'm so sorry. I will pay for the last apartment and you need to take a train back home, is that alright? I will book you a train ticket." I have completely forgotten that he picked me up and drove us to Berlin. Well what else could I do? So, he bought a ticket for me and gave me some extra money for the apartment in Split. Then we made our way to the ferry and set over to Split. He drove me to the apartment in Podstrana (near Split) and we hugged Goodbye. Then he drove off into the sunset, leaving me alone. The owner of the apartment wasn't there, I didn't know what to do. I tried to call them, they didn't pick up. I emailed them, telling them I'm already there. I've waited for about an hour until someone came over, as if it was just the right time to arrive, and gave me the keys. So after a very stressful day, I could finally relax.
    Les mer

  • Monastery in the Mountains

    10. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    Today we wanted to make use of our rented car, so we drove to the middle of the island and left our car on a parking spot. Then we made our way "over stock and stone" (German saying, but here quite literally), towards the monastery Blaca that was built into the mountain. We did find it, but we were like 100metres above it on the other side and with that heat, we just couldn't convince ourselves to go down there. So, we decided to just enjoy the view over the mountains and sea, driving around the island some more. The roads were sometimes very old and other times extremely new and we had the feeling that we were the first people ever driving on it.
    When the sun started to set, we made our way back to Splitska to dine at the same restaurant as yesterday, as it was fantastic. Today, I ordered the Risotto and O.M.G. I've never tasted anything better, I swear.
    Les mer

  • Island Life on Brac

    9. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    The next morning, we raised up early, as we had to get a ferry from Makarska to the island Brac. So we left Bosnia behind and re-entered Croatia to find we missed our ferry in Makarska. We started to ask a bit around and some men told us, that we could drive to Split and get a ferry from there to Supetar. As much as it wa against our plans, we couldn't see a better way, so we drove north-bound for an hour and buying a ferry ticket for Split-Supetar.
    After oversetting to the other coast rather quickly, we checked into our Apartment Plazibat in Skrip. Packing my bathing suit and some towels, we set off to find Beach Zastup. As usual, the beach was full with spiky stones, but I've been smart. I've taken swim shoes with me. It looked rather funny from the outside and someone might have laughed at me. But seriously, I bet they've stopped laughing when putting one foot on the ground.
    The water was pretty cold and I just made my legs wet. As it was getting late already, we packed our things and drove to Splitska, a very small but charming city. It actually had a harbour! After getting some food, we sat down at a restaurant, getting some pizza (again). And as much as I wanted to, Ralf wouldn't let me pay for my food (as usual). What can you do?
    Les mer

  • Sneek Peek into Bosnia

    8. juli 2019, Bosnia og Herzegovina ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Today, we would do the first real roadtrip-part of this roadtrip, as we were heading away from the coast and into Bosnia and Herzegowina. Although Bosnia isn't in the EU, crossing the border was not much of a deal and we entered very smootly. Lush green mountains very rising left and right of the streets and it was just a very peaceful drive. Ralf and I talked about politics and how every media is somehow related with the Rothschild family. I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories but it definitely looks fishy from the outside.
    After a while, we stopped for a short refreshment on a river and I spotted a pretty bridge. The reason, why we were driving through Bosnia despite being without any call reception or WIFI, was not only to tick off one other country but also to see the famous bridge in Mostar. But that river bridge wasn't it.
    So we jumped back into the car and drove further until we reached Mostar. I've spotted another bridge, but that wasn't the Stare Most we were looking for either. We drove by very old, bombed houses that have never been rebuild or restored after the yugoslavia war ended in 1995. And next to the very much useless buildings, there were beautiful, big palace-like houses that just looked stunning. It gave me a similar feeling like when seeing an extremely modern house inbetween old barock buildings - odd, misplaced.
    Finally, we found the right bridge and not only took a photo of it, but also went to the bottom of it. But honestly, you can just do so much with a brdige, really. So, we stuffed ourselves in the car once again and drove further to Park prirode Hutovo blato, a landscape protection area. We arrived and saw that we had to pay money to some weird looking guys to enter the Park (it definitely didn't say so on the website), and we were both so against it, that we decided to just drive to our accommodation in Medugorje. We checked in and went to a shopping centre because we were curious what prices and products were like. I found a very interesting hat and giggled until Ralf maneuvered me to the exit. We bought ourselves some food as Euros were widely accepted and had a simple dinner.
    Les mer

  • Dubrovnik from Above

    7. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ 🌙 30 °C

    The next day, we started into the day with a very lovely breakfast. First, we had some scrambled eggs and afterwards, I got a treat for myself. Yummy crépe with chocolate and ice cream. I was soo stuffed after that. Good, that I would walk the calories off during the day. Again, we headed to the Old Town, but this time, we were searching for the starting point from which we could jump on a gondola to ride up the Mount Srd and look over Dubrovnik. We found it pretty easily, bought us tickets and off we went. Arriving at the top, the panorama was astonishing! Being on a lush green mountain, looking down to the blue sea, that is such a good feeling. We decided to sit down at the Panorama restaurant and enjoy some cocktails. Unfortunately, the minute we sat down on the terrace overlooking Dubrovnik, clouds came up and blocked the view. But after about thirty minutes, the sun came through again. We strolled around the Mountain for a while, talking about the possibility of reincarnation. It felt so familiar to me being in Croatia. As if I've just arrived back home. And I've never been here before. Ralf shared that his wife died from Cancer and that he believed she was reborn somewhere, so he completely understood my thoughts. It was a very spiritual talk, and I found myself being even more comfortable with Ralf afterwards.
    A while later, we took the next gondola back into town and made our way to go on a tour on the city wall. Starting and finishing with looking at Dubrovnik in different perspectives from the top.
    For the evening, we just got ourselves some pizza and bought lots of candy at one of the very atmospheric candy shops.
    Les mer

  • Adriatic Sea and Brick Walls

    6. juli 2019, Kroatia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    When you want to travel often, you have to look after your money. And usually, travelling alone is way more expensive as you have to pay for every accommodation or rented car by yourself. So, it was only natural for me, to look after a travel buddy for my next trip to Croatia. None of my friends had time or money to come with me, so I asked for company in several travel groups on Facebook. There were a lot of people replying, but I haven't had a good gut feeling until Ralf texted me. He was a man in his mid-50ies, also always travelling, but struggling to find a travel bud. We exchanged some messages and started to plan the trip. After fighting my scared thoughts, I've decided to actually go with it and take him with me on this trip.

    We booked our flights and accommodation, and Ralf rented a car on his own (and paid for it) as he wanted to drive along the Adriatic coast, Dubrovnik to Split. I was totally fine with that, I mean... my own chauffeur was way better than taking buses from A to B.

    The day of our flight came and Ralf offered me to pick me up and drive us to the Tegel airport in Berlin. That was the first time, seeing Ralf in person, and we instantly hit it off. It was fun and very easy to talk to him, which made the three-hour drive way more comfortable than I've expected. And the thoughts of "Oh, he wants something from you" were fading into the back of my head. I would trust this guy as it now was the only thing I could do anyway.

    As we arrived at the airport, we sat down to drink a coffee (which he paid) before boarding the plane. After a two-hour flight, we arrived in Dubrovnik and had to pick up the car. I've never done that before, so it was interesting to know how fucking long it takes for car rentals to give us a damn car.

    But finally, we got our car and drove to our first accommodation to drop off our luggage. We had one room with a queen-sized bed, which was alright by me. But it would definitely feel weird to sleep next to a near stranger for the upcoming week.

    After refreshing, we headed towards the sea, strolling around the many tiny alleyways through the Old Town. We finally arrived at the little harbour and settled down to eat something. If I had been travelling by my own, I would have never ever paid so much to eat a fricking pizza, but Ralf, being a doctor and well-situated, paid for the dinner again (although I would have paid by myself, if he'd let me) and so I just enjoyed the nice view.

    Our tummies filled, we wandered back through the Old Town and somehow found a very hidden bar at the Blaze Beach, where we sat down drinking cocktails and watching the people swim at the shore. Walking in sandals all day, I now got my paycheck. My feet were burning and hurting everywhere, so I decided to take my shoes off and waltz around barefoot. In the flat surfaced alleys of the Old Town itself, it was actually quite pleasant to cool off my feet. However, when walking back to our apartment, spiky stones and sticks were making my feet worse. So, I was very relieved, when we finally arrived and could go to bed.
    Les mer

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